Event Date: 27 May 2014 Royal Asiatic Society Stephenson Way London NW1 2HD The Royal Asiatic Society presents: Book Launch Lost Enlightenment: central Asia’s golden age from the Arab conquest to Tamerlane by S. Frederick Starr Many think of Central Asia today as a desolate, dusty, backwater region inhospitable to learning, high culture, thriving cities, or robust commerce. …